问题
单项选择题
| Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast various places on the earth. But they also (51) beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a whole. The English word geography means "to describe the earth. " (52) geography books focus on a small area like a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an (53) continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another (54) to divide the study of geography is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the (55) starts with human beings and studies how human beings and their environment act (56) each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject, (57) branch can neglect the other. A geographer might be described as one who observes, records, and explains the (58) between places. If all places (59) alike, there would be little need for geographers. We know, however, that no two places are exactly the same. Geography, (60) is a point of view, a special way of looking at place. |
A．being
B．are
C．be
D．were
答案
参考答案：D
解析：这是一个条件句，叙述的是作者一种与实际情况相反的假设。句意为：因为我们知道，所有的地方不可能都是一样的，在表示与现在事实相反的虚假条件句中，若谓语为系表结构，系动词一律用ware，所以，此处应选D。